Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance in Salmonella and Shigella Species Isolated from Outpatients, Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 2

Prevalence of Salmonella and Shigella against sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants, Jimma University Specialized Hospital, 2014.

Characteristics	Alternative	Frequency number (%)	Salmonella positive number (%)	Shigella positive number (%)
Gender	Male	84 (47.7)	10 (52.63)	1 (50)
	Female	92 (52.3)	9 (47.37)	1 (50)
Residence	Urban	112 (63.6)	9 (47.37)	0 (0.0)
	Rural	64 (36.4)	10 (52.63)	2 (100)
Age	<10	54 (30.68)	6 (31.58)	2 (100)
	11–19	39 (22.15)	3 (15.79)	0 (0)
	20–29	34 (19.32)	7 (36.84)	0 (0)
	30–39	26 (14.77)	3 (15.79)	0 (0)
	>39	23 (13.07)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Educational	Illiterate	52 (29.6)	7 (36.84)	2 (100)
	1–4	18 (10.2)	2 (10.52)	0 (0.0)
	5–8	21 (11.9)	5 (26.31)	0 (0.0)
	9–12	27 (15.3)	1 (5.26)	0 (0.0)
	>12	58 (33.0)	4 (21.05)	0 (0.0)
Occupation	Unemployed	96 (54.5)	14 (73.68)	0 (0.0)
	Businessmen	28 (15.9)	3 (15.79)	0 (0.0)
	Farmer	26 (14.8)	2 (10.52)	2 (100)
	Civil servant	26 (14.8)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)